Injuv®: A Clinically-Studied Hyaluronic Acid Supplement For Youthful Looking Skin

What Is Injuv^®?

Injuv^® is a skincare nutraceutical that moisturizes from the inside out, helping your skin stay hydrated. It contains a clinically proven, low molecular weight Hyaluronic Acid (HA) complex, which acts as a sponge to hold onto water within the cells of the skin, connective tissue, and cartilage.

Injuv is a revolutionary skin and joint health supplement that uses novel technologies to make a Hyaluronic acid supplement that can hydrate the skin from within. Hyaluronic Acid probably sounds very familiar to you and that’s because it is a very common ingredient in topical skin care products. Within these skin care products, it is claimed that Hyaluronic Acid can penetrate the skin, and help draw moisture into the skin. There are a few issues with this though-- the main one being that topical application of Hyaluronic Acid does not make it very far into the skin. For optimal Hyaluronic Acid benefits, you want it to penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin. Drawing in moisture into these deeper skin layers will help keep it perfectly hydrated and may even help smooth out some wrinkles!

Hyaluronic Acid is a very large polysaccharide compound which is more specifically referred to as a glycosaminoglycan. It is largely present throughout the body and plays a role in lubricating joints and connective muscle tissue whilst also aiding in the structure and elasticity of our skin. It has been calculated that an average person has a whopping 15 grams of Hyaluronic Acid present in their bodies at all times, which gives us a good indication of just how important Hyaluronic Acid is for our bodies!

Unfortunately, as we age Hyaluronic Acid levels may start to lessen. Ultimately, this will result in a loss of skin hydration, which can lead to wrinkles. Decreasing Hyaluronic Acid levels may also lead to a loss of lubrication within joints and connective muscle tissues which may lead to joint pain. Furthermore, Hyaluronic Acid plays a very important role in the healing of our skin after it has encountered damage. This may mean that decreasing Hyaluronic Acid levels may lead to a decreased ability to heal from wounds.

At this point it’s probably clear just how essential Hyaluronic Acid is to various processes throughout the body and that Hyaluronic Acid benefits extend far beyond enhancing skin health. However, the question now is, how do we get Hyaluronic Acid into the deeper layers of our skin and into connective muscle tissue and joints? The answer to this question is to skip topical application and go straight to the source with oral supplementation! This is where Injuv comes in as it is the only commercially available Hyaluronic Acid supplement that can successfully be taken orally!

Injuv Benefits At A Glance:

• Orally bioavailable Hyaluronic Acid
• May help promote skin health
• May help promote joint health

The main issues with Hyaluronic Acid supplements is that the molecule itself is far too large to be successfully absorbed by the small intestines. This means that by taking a plain Hyaluronic Acid supplement, you will not be able to reap all of the amazing Hyaluronic Acid benefits. To make a Hyaluronic Acid supplement that can actually deliver Hyaluronic Acid benefits, we need to shrink the molecule down to an absorbable form. Now, we could give Wayne Szalinski a call to see if he still has that shrinking ray gun, from one of our favorite movies ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’, but instead we decided to see if Soft Gel Technologies had a shrinking ray gun of their own. It turns out they do, but it is far less science-fictiony than Wayne Szalinski’s shrinking ray gun!

Soft gel technologies, uses a patented enzyme cleaving technique that allows the molecular size of Hyaluronic Acid to be greatly reduced whilst keeping its chemical nature intact. Through this enzyme-cleaving technique, Soft Gel Technologies have succeeded in producing a Hyaluronic Acid supplement which is easily absorbed by our intestines. Better yet, Injuv has both animal and human studies behind it that shows successful absorption of this novel Hyaluronic Acid supplement!

The Problem With Oral Hyaluronic Acid

In an effort to replace the Hyaluronic Acid that is lost with time, several ingredient manufacturers have developed a version of Hyaluronic Acid for oral use. However, consumers may be wasting their hard-earned money on commodity Hyaluronic Acid products. That’s because Hyaluronic Acid in its natural state is an extremely high molecular weight substance — measuring from 800,000 to 8,000,000 Daltons — that is too large for the body to absorb orally. As a result, it is simply excreted, unused.

Introducing Injuv® Hyaluronic Acid
Injuv® has solved the Hyaluronic Acid absorption dilemma. Injuv® is manufactured through a patented enzyme-cleaving technique that dramatically reduces the molecular weight of Hyaluronic Acid — without altering its chemical nature. Because of its small size, Injuv® is easily absorbed through the epithelial cells of the intestinal tract, as demonstrated in human and animal research.

As we discussed earlier in this blog, Hyaluronic Acid plays a major role in maintaining hydration and plumpness of our skin. We even touched on this topic recently in our comprehensive blog about skin care supplements which you can read here. By supplementing with Injuv, you can enhance Hyaluronic Acid levels not only in the visible layers of your skin but also in the deeper layers of your skin. This is very important, because even though you can’t visually see the deeper layers of your skin, deeper skin layers act as an important support structure for visible skin. The more hydrated and plumper our deeper skin layers are, the tighter our visible skin layers will look. This may help smooth out some wrinkles and give your skin a smooth appearance!

Injuv supplementation will also help increase Hyaluronic Acid levels in the visible layers of skin, which is also incredibly important as these layers of skin have the highest turn around rate of Hyaluronic Acid. As we talked about in our skin care blog, UVB radiation from the sun can be very detrimental to overall skin health. Part of the reason for this is that UVB radiation can degrade Hyaluronic Acid, which means that after significant UVB exposure, Hyaluronic Acid levels will drop in our skin. This is why it is very important to protect our skin from UVB radiation by staying out of direct sunlight (tanning) for long periods of time and using sunscreen when we are out in direct sunlight. However, these protection methods are not fool-proof and we would also recommend adding Injuv to the mix in order to replenish the Hyaluronic Acid content in our skin after sun exposure.

Hyaluronic Acid And Wound Healing

Another important function of Hyaluronic Acid, is that it can help speed up wound healing. This is incredibly important as our skin is one of our best defense mechanisms against the outside world. By supplementing with Injuv, you may be able to heal faster from minor blemishes and scrapes. This is great for those of us who participate in sports that leave you susceptible to frequent scrapes!

One of the other main Hyaluronic Acid benefits, besides improving skin health, is improving our joint health. As we discussed earlier, Hyaluronic Acid levels tend to lessen with time, possibly leaving us more susceptible to joint pain. This is largely due to the fact that Hyaluronic Acid is an important lubricant of the articular cartilage in our joints. The articular cartilage, is a type of tissue that covers the end of our bones, where they meet to form joints. Without proper articular cartilage, it would make it very hard for joints to move, as friction between the bones would restrict movement. This is where Hyaluronic Acid comes into play, as it forms a coating around cells in articular cartilage called chondrocytes. This coating of Hyaluronic Acid helps joints move with very minimal friction, allowing for a maximum range of motion within the joint.

Injuv For The High Performance Athlete

Through its lubricating action on our joints, supplementation with Injuv may help manage various joint pains. In particular, supplementation with oral Hyaluronic Acid may help manage knee pain. Injuv’s lubricating effects can be useful both as we age and start to experience stiffness in our joints but it may also help athletes maintain good joint health. As many athletes know, joint pain can seriously hamper peak physical performance. To avoid this, athletes often employ various strategies to keep their joints healthy. One of these strategies often involves smart supplementation to provide our joints with the support they need. With the lubricating effects of Injuv in mind, we would recommend high performance athletes to supplement with Injuv, as it may help improve overall joint health.

When we first came across Injuv we thought it may have fairly limited application but after some research into Hyaluronic Acid, and in particular Injuv, we quickly realized Injuv is an incredibly versatile supplement. For anyone looking to help enhance their overall skin health, Injuv can be a very unique supplement, helping to moisturize your skin from within. Combined with a great skin care routine, Injuv can help take your skin health to the next level! However, for those not all too concerned about their skin, but more concerned with conquering the tallest peaks and squatting the heaviest weight, Injuv could be a great solution for promoting joint health!